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Job overview
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS Trusts in the UK, comprising three Emergency Departments, including the Royal London Hospital. We are a Major Trauma Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit, providing specialist care to North East London and beyond.
We are innovative and forward-thinking team, working closely with our research colleagues to deliver pioneering, world-class care and treatment. We continue to develop new pathways and services that ensure a safe, efficient, and patient-centred approach to emergency medicine. Collaboration is key to our practice; we work alongside specialist teams to enhance patient experience and ensure timely access to the right care, at the right time and in the right place. Our Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) pathways continue to expand and evolve in response to patient and service needs.
The SDEC team at The Royal London Hospital was recognised as a finalist and received high commendation at the HSJ Awards 2024 and more recently, we have been shortlisted as finalists for the Patient Care Awards 2026 for our innovative SDEC pathway addressing nitrous oxide-related neurological harm. Our team has also contributed to the wider evidence base through published work on hypertension management, admission avoidance pathways and on nurse-led pathways including self-administration of intramuscular injections.
In addition, our Emergency Department was honoured with the Barts Health Hero Award in 2025/26 in the Patient’s Choice category.
Main duties of the job
To be a professional role model, leading and coordinating the Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) team.
To provide specialist nursing advice to support and facilitate high quality, individualised care to patients and relatives in collaboration with the multi professional team, in line with the local and national targets. To ensure that the needs of the patient are placed at the centre of care delivery and to oversee and provide line management to the SDEC team (nurses and Emergency Department Assistants).
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Person specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrates initiative and innovative practice
- Ability to facilitate change management
- Ability to be reflective, accept criticism and act constructively
- Positive role model
- Compiling comprehensive duty rota for nursing and healthcare assistants
- Knowledge and understanding of current issues facing emergency care
- Evidence of post registration study/professional development
Desirable
- Management/leadership course
Experience
Essential
- Extensive post-registration nursing experience,with significant experience at Band 6 within an acute setting/ SDEC setting
- Current experience of managing staff
- Evidence of teaching and developing staff, both formally and informally
Desirable
- Evidence of leadership development
- Clear evidence of managing quality improvement and change
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Adult Nurse
- Intravenous accreditation
- Mentorship course or equivalent
- ILS/ALS or equivalent
Desirable
- Post-registration speciality course eg acute /emergency care skills
- BSc Nursing or working towards
- Management/leadership course
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This advert is for Senior Sister/Charge Nurse Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) with Barts Health NHS Trust in London, London, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Nurse (adult and children) role. The advertised salary is £58,133 - £65,261 per annum inc. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 23 Jul 2026.
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